Victorian Turkish baths for animals:
T A Dollar & Sons: 56 New Bond Street:
letter from architect Robert Walker
to John Archibald Watt Dollar

Letter from architect Robert Walker to his client
< Letter reproduced courtesy of John Watt Dollar

So little is known about the architect Robert Walker, whose only well-known building was Nevill's Turkish Baths and Headquarters building in Northumberland Avenue, that any letter on his office notepaper, however brief, is worthy of note.

Writing to T A Dollar's youngest son, John Archibald Watt Dollar, Walker confirms that the builders, Messrs Mowlem, a company which—in one form or another—remained in existence until very recently, had provided all the accounting information which had been requested.

He also encloses the formal approval from Mr Peebles, the late City Architect, for the plans relating to the rebuilding of 56 New Bond Street, advising that 'I think it will be well for you to keep this among the papers relating to the property.'

This page first published 20 November 2023


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NOTES
 1. David Urquhart introduced the Turkish bath into the British Isles in 1856 [return]
 2. Harriet also wrote political articles under the name Caritas [return]
 3. See list of directors in companies section [return]